Mount Gallatin, also known as Boundary Peak 67, is a mountain in the

Boundary Ranges The Boundary Ranges, also known in the singular and as the Alaska Boundary Range, are the largest and most northerly subrange of the Coast Mountains. They begin at the Nass River, near the southern end of the Alaska Panhandle in the Canadian p ...

along the British Columbia- Alaska border. The

Tasakili River The Tasakili River is a tributary of the Stikine River, flowing southeast out of the Boundary Ranges The Boundary Ranges, also known in the singular and as the Alaska Boundary Range, are the largest and most northerly subrange of the Coast Mo ...

begins to the north of Mount Gallatin, within Alaska, then crosses the border shortly after its source, flowing southeast at the foot of the mountain to the Stikine River. Mount Gallatin is the peak immediately north of where the Stikine crosses the international boundary. Just inside that boundary on the Canadian side, at the foot of Mount Gallatin, is the locality and former border post of

Stikine The Stikine River is a major river in northern British Columbia (BC), Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States. It drains a large, remote upland area known as the Stikine Country east of the Coast Mountains. Flowing west and south ...

, formerly known as Boundary.

Name origin

In 1924 the USGS named the mountain after Albert Gallatin, one of the US commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812.

References

Canada–United States border International mountains of North America Boundary Ranges One-thousanders of British Columbia Stikine Country Mountains of Alaska Mountains of Wrangell, Alaska {{Alaska-geo-stub

Name origin

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